Presenting – The 2016 Chicken Wolf All-Stars

We at the Spitter take time to recognize those who toiled all season for teams that were…um…less than stellar. These are the best of the worst from 2016.
Read moreWe at the Spitter take time to recognize those who toiled all season for teams that were…um…less than stellar. These are the best of the worst from 2016.
Read moreGreat individual statistics alone are not enough to capture the MVP or Cy Young Award. Sportswriters have often cited a team’s futility as justification for shortchanging deserving players of postseason honors.
Read moreAmerica needs a special session of baseball season. Now. We won’t abuse the special session. We’ll reserve it only for the worst of times.
Read morePlenty of teams fell short in 2016, but nobody fell as short of expectations than did the Twins.
Read moreWhen compiling The Spitter’s 2016 MLB Draft Watch List in June, I had every intention of writing a follow-up review of each prospect once the season ended. I guess here it is…
Read moreThe Cubs manager got away with some weird moves in the last game. No one will question it, because they won. But should we?
Read moreThrough 63 innings of World Series baseball, Cleveland had matched Chicago punch-for-punch. It didn’t end in Cleveland’s favor, but its hard to complain about the quality of the ride.
Read moreI’m a little ambivalent about this World Series. I love a good underdog story, and there are no two franchises more under-doggy than the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs. Their heydays were early in the 20th century, the Cubs in the first decade or so, and the Indians as soon as they stole Tris Speaker from the Red Sox.
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